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On 22 November, Jenny Daviet will be performing in Hèctor Parra's chamber opera Orgia at the Philharmonie de Paris. Prior to that, she will be singing Berio's Sequenza III in a concert staged by Calixto Bieito, as is Orgia.

NEW RECORDINGS

Under the baton of Titus Engel, the WDR Symphony Orchestra recorded Betsy Jolas' Musique d'hiver – the album has now been awarded the German Record Critics' Prize.

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Following a performance with the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck on 16 November, Fluteman Gabor Vosteen will be appearing twice with solo programmes at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr on 29 November.

NEW RECORDINGS

Under the baton of Titus Engel, the WDR Symphony Orchestra recorded Betsy Jolas' Musique d'hiver – the album has now been awarded the German Record Critics' Prize.

Following a performance with the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck on 16 November, Fluteman Gabor Vosteen will be appearing twice with solo programmes at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr on 29 November.

From 15 to 23 November, Ryoko Aoki will be performing in Mizato Mochizuki's opera OTEMBA - Daring Women, composed especially for her, on tour in Utrecht, Breda, Rotterdam and The Hague.

In its third edition, the Voices Berlin Festival will again present contemporary performing arts and music at various locations in the city from 24 October to 16 November, offering a platform to artists who have left their countries of origin for various reasons and are reinventing themselves in changing cultural landscapes.

Vito Žuraj's composition Adrasteia will be premiered at the Taschenopernfestival in Salzburg in a production conducted by Peter Rundel with the SWR Vocal Ensemble and presented on four dates from 12 to 16 November.

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NEW RECORDINGS

Ilya Gringolts' recording of Bach's sonatas for violin and harpsichord with Francesco Corti has now been released by Arcana as his label debut and was promptly awarded the Diapason d'or.

As composer in focus at the Musikverein Wien, Chaya Czernowin will present her multifaceted music in five concerts in November and again in March, performed by the RSO Wien under Maxime Pascal, the Arditti Quartet and the Black Page Orchestra, among others.

Alejo Pérez is appointed principal conductor of the Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, where he will give his inaugural concert in May 2026.

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In October, Hyung-ki Joo appeared alongside acclaimed soprano Asmik Grigorian at La Scala in Milan, before they travel to Riga and Vienna in November and December with their sensational recital A Diva is Born.

On Johannes Maria Staud's new personal website, you can now find out the latest news and background information about his musical work and search a comprehensive database of his compositions.

Toshio Howokawa's new opera Natasha premiered in August at the New National Theatre in Tokyo under the baton of Kazushi Ono and was enthusiastically received.

Holly Hyun Choe is appointed Directrice musicale of the Orchestre national de Cannes.

NEW RECORDINGS

Anton Gerzenberg's debut CD, Ravel Reflections, will be launched in December on the Prospero label, and singles released on digital platforms are already generating excitement about the album.

This autumn, following a performance at Berlin's Pierre Boulez Saal, the JACK Quartet will be appearing at three concerts at the Festival d'Automne in Paris and two concerts at the Festival Musica Strasbourg, as well as in Essen, Graz, Katowice, Siena and Bern.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Congratulations to Toshio Hosokawa on his 70th birthday! A series of performances in Japan, Germany and Czechia in October will celebrate the jubilarian and his extensive oeuvre.

On 11 October, Antje Weithaas received the coveted OPUS KLASSIK Instrumentalist of the Year award at a concert in St. Elisabeth's Church in Berlin, where she also performed live as a soloist.

ON OUR BEHALF

Now available as a podcast: For the series Menschen und ihre Musik (People and Their Music), Karsten Witt spoke with hr2 radio presenter Niels Kaiser in autumn 2025 about his unusual career as a music manager and about the music that has particularly moved and accompanied him along the way.

NEW RECORDINGS

In May 2025, the GrauSchumacher Piano Duo premiered Ming Tsao's second adaptation of Stockhausen's complex and open score Plus Minus, which has now been released on the Neos label.

Titus Engel is appointed Conductor in Residence at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

NEW RECORDINGS

As soloist and conductor, Antje Weithaas has now recorded another joint album with the Camerata Bern - the CD with Dvořák's Violin Concerto and his String Serenade has now been released by CAvi-music.

NEW RECORDINGS

Jeremias Schwarzer's album featuring four concertos for recorder by Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Liza Lim, Dai Fujikura and Iris ter Schiphorst, recorded with four top-class orchestras, has been awarded the German Record Critics' Prize.

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IN CONVERSATION

Following the performance of all six Mozart string quintets at the Heidelberg Spring Festival, Ilya Gringolts explained to us what attracts him to historical instruments and why the Gringolts Quartet will continue to play on gut strings more frequently in the future.

We congratulate Titus Engel on winning the Swiss Music Prize 2025.

Johannes Klumpp and the Heidelberger Sinfoniker are awarded the OPUS KLASSIK for their complete recording of all Haydn symphonies, completed in autumn 2024. Our congratulations!

IN CONVERSATION

In an interview between her spring engagements in Lyon and Montreal, Jenny Daviet surprises us with her unexpected approach to roles and works and reveals her dreams for the future.

In June 2025, Philippe Manoury's 'Thinkspiel' Die letzten Tage der Menschheit, based on Karl Kraus' monumental drama The Last Days of Mankind, premiered at the Cologne Opera under the direction of Peter Rundel and received enthusiastic reviews.

Toshio Hosokawa has received the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for the "extraordinary reach of his music, which tends a bridge between the Japanese tradition and contemporary Western aesthetics", according to the jury.

NEW RECORDINGS

Mariam Batsashvili's new solo album Influences with works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt was launched by Warner Classics on 16 May.

IN CONVERSATION

Vito Žuraj's first full-length opera Blühen (Blossoming), named Premiere of the Year by Opernwelt magazine in 2023, was revived at Oper Frankfurt in October 2025 under the musical direction of Michael Wendeberg. In our interview, Vito Žuraj talks about his collaboration with librettist Händl Klaus, director Brigitte Fassbaender and the Ensemble Modern.

CERHA 100

In 2026, the music world will celebrate Friedrich Cerha's 100th birthday. In view of this occasion, we would like to draw your attention to a selection of the most important works by the composer, who died in February 2023 - and to the website friedrich-cerha.com.

NEW RECORDINGS

Under the baton of Titus Engel, the WDR Symphony Orchestra recorded Betsy Jolas' Musique d'hiver – the album has now been awarded the German Record Critics' Prize.

Following a performance with the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck on 16 November, Fluteman Gabor Vosteen will be appearing twice with solo programmes at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr on 29 November.

EVENTS

FRI 14.11.

GrauSchumacher Piano Duo: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Anton Gerzenberg: Wiener Konzerthaus

Holly Hyun Choe: Kulturforum Wienenbüttel

SAT 15.11.

Peter Rundel & Vito Žuraj: Taschenoperfestival with SWR Vokalensemble

Eliahu Inbal: National Theatre and Concert Hall Taipei

Ryoko Aoki: TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

SUN 16.11.

Meta4: Wigmore Hall, London

Steven Sloane: Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Stuttgart

The Fluteman: Orchestra Show in Innsbruck

Holly Hyun Choe: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Peter Rundel & Vito Žuraj: Taschenoperfestival with SWR Vokalensemble

Mariam Batsashvili: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford

MON 17.11.

The Fluteman: Orchestra Show in Innsbruck

Meta4: Wigmore Hall, London

Carlotta Dalia: Teatro Grande, Brescia

TUE 18.11.

Steven Sloane: Isarphilharmonie, Munich

Ryoko Aoki: Chassé Theater, Breda

WED 19.11.

Michael Wendeberg: Kunstmuseum Reutlingen

THU 20.11.

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Ilya Gringolts: Philharmonie Luxembourg

Peter Rundel: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

FRI 21.11.

JACK Quartet: NOSPR Concert Hall, Katowice

Shiyeon Sung: Konzerthaus Berlin

Bas Wiegers: Concert- en Congresgebouw de Doelen Rotterdam

SAT 22.11.

Meta4: The Grünewald Hall (Stockholm Concert Hall)

Jenny Daviet: Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris

Jacob Mühlrad: Trinitatiskirche, Köln

François-Frédéric Guy: Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society

Christoph Prégardien: Heiliggeistkirche im Dominikanerkloster, Frankfurt a.M.

Gringolts Quartet: "Klanglichter" Sissach

Jenny Daviet: Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris

Ryoko Aoki: Concert- en Congresgebouw de Doelen Rotterdam

Carlotta Dalia: Ex Convento di S. Francesco, Pordenone

SUN 23.11.

Johannes Klumpp: Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Gelsenkirchen

Bas Wiegers: Concert- en Congresgebouw de Doelen Rotterdam

Friedrich Praetorius: Opernhaus Leipzig

JACK Quartet: Portrait at Festival d'Automne - Haas in the Dark

Ryoko Aoki: Amare Den Haag

Chaya Czernowin: Musikverein, Vienna

MON 24.11.

Carlotta Dalia: with Giuseppe Gibboni in Bolzano

TUE 25.11.

Carlotta Dalia: with Giuseppe Gibboni in Bolzano

THU 27.11.

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GrauSchumacher Piano Duo: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Anton Gerzenberg: Wiener Konzerthaus

Holly Hyun Choe: Kulturforum Wienenbüttel

Peter Rundel & Vito Žuraj: Taschenoperfestival with SWR Vokalensemble

Eliahu Inbal: National Theatre and Concert Hall Taipei

Ryoko Aoki: TivoliVredenburg Utrecht

Meta4: Wigmore Hall, London

Steven Sloane: Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Stuttgart

The Fluteman: Orchestra Show in Innsbruck

Holly Hyun Choe: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Peter Rundel & Vito Žuraj: Taschenoperfestival with SWR Vokalensemble

Mariam Batsashvili: Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford

The Fluteman: Orchestra Show in Innsbruck

The Fluteman: Orchestra Show in Innsbruck

Meta4: Wigmore Hall, London

Carlotta Dalia: Teatro Grande, Brescia

Steven Sloane: Isarphilharmonie, Munich

Ryoko Aoki: Chassé Theater, Breda

Michael Wendeberg: Kunstmuseum Reutlingen

Friedrich Praetorius: Deutsche Oper Berlin

Ilya Gringolts: Philharmonie Luxembourg

Peter Rundel: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

JACK Quartet: NOSPR Concert Hall, Katowice

Shiyeon Sung: Konzerthaus Berlin

Bas Wiegers: Concert- en Congresgebouw de Doelen Rotterdam

Meta4: The Grünewald Hall (Stockholm Concert Hall)

Jenny Daviet: Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris

Jacob Mühlrad: Trinitatiskirche, Köln

François-Frédéric Guy: Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society

Christoph Prégardien: Heiliggeistkirche im Dominikanerkloster, Frankfurt a.M.

Gringolts Quartet: "Klanglichter" Sissach

Jenny Daviet: Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris

Ryoko Aoki: Concert- en Congresgebouw de Doelen Rotterdam

Carlotta Dalia: Ex Convento di S. Francesco, Pordenone

Johannes Klumpp: Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Gelsenkirchen

Bas Wiegers: Concert- en Congresgebouw de Doelen Rotterdam

Friedrich Praetorius: Opernhaus Leipzig

JACK Quartet: Portrait at Festival d'Automne - Haas in the Dark

Ryoko Aoki: Amare Den Haag

Chaya Czernowin: Musikverein, Vienna

Carlotta Dalia: with Giuseppe Gibboni in Bolzano

Carlotta Dalia: with Giuseppe Gibboni in Bolzano

György Ligeti: Casino Bern

György Ligeti: Stadtcasino, Basel

Steven Sloane: Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr, Bochum